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Ji Sovk was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles.

Ji Sovk was born Ji Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague. In 1941 during the WW2 he graduated from Prague State Conservatory where he had been studying drama. His father did not want him to be an actor, so he worked as a clerk and played in an amateur theatre group today known as Rokoko Theatre. In 1943 he got his first professional engagement with Horck Theatre in Teb. During military service he met Miroslav Hornek and made friends for life.

Source: Wikipedia